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Permission for a Purpose-Built Student Accommodation development. The proposed development will comprise: (a) The construction of a student accommodation building incorporating 60no. student bedrooms with associated facilities for residential use within the building as student accommodation; (building height ranging from part single storey to three storey); (b) The provision of external communal space areas; (c) The provision of an external bicycle store building and a bin store building; (d) Associated parking facilities; (e) Creation of a new vehicular and pedestrian access from Hoey’s Lane with associated works; (f) Provision of an internal access road, footpaths and all associated site development works; (g) The provision of associated site works along with new boundary treatments; (h) All ancillary site development works to facilitate connections to existing foul, water and service networks
Core Refusal Reason
The proposal constitutes overdevelopment of a constrained infill site, resulting in an overbearing impact on residential amenity and failing to demonstrate safe access and parking compliance.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development represents overdevelopment of a constrained site, with excessive scale and massing that would be visually dominant and result in unacceptable overlooking of neighboring properties.
- The proposed student accommodation use is not specifically permitted under the 'A1 - Existing Residential' zoning and is considered incompatible with the established residential character of the area.
- The applicant failed to provide sufficient information to demonstrate safe vehicular access, adequate sightlines, and compliance with parking standards, potentially compromising local traffic safety.